# Accident 20000203038769A: Boeing 7373B7, Boston, MA, February 3, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2000, 08:00 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N397US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N397US-2006-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3B7 (registry code 138447F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3b7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373B7
- Reported engine: CFMINT CFM563B2
- People aboard: 58
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 4,700 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000203038769A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.4)WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE, AND THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS RETURNED TO THEIR SEATS. THE TURBULENCE CONTINUED, AND A CART BEGAN TO BREAK FREE.  A FLIGHT ATTENDANT ATTEMPTED TO PUSH THE CART WITH HER FOOT, AND SUFFERED A FRACTURE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC00LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA097), Feb 3, 2000: Boeing 737-300 (N397US), Boston, MA, no damage. Probable cause: In flight encounter with turbulence.

## Other reports on N397US (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20050702019319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050702019319I), Jul 2, 2005: Boeing 7373B7 (N397US), Richmond, VA. (-23) An emergency descent was initiated after the cabin altitude warning was triggered as the aircraft climbed through 27,700FT, and the cabin altitude was…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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